Paleovirology of 'syncytins', retroviral env genes exapted for a role in placentation

Captured retroviral envelope syncytin gene associated with the unique placental structure of higher ruminants

(2013) Guillaume Cornelis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Differential Evolutionary Fate of an Ancestral Primate Endogenous Retrovirus Envelope Gene, the EnvV Syncytin, Captured for a Function in Placentation

(2013) Cécile Esnault et al.   PLoS Genetics

Active Transposition in Genomes

(2012) Cheng Ran Lisa Huang et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Rules of Engagement: Molecular Insights from Host-Virus Arms Races

(2012) Matthew D. Daugherty et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Transposable Elements: An Abundant and Natural Source of Regulatory Sequences for Host Genes

(2012) Rita Rebollo et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

The impact of transposable elements on eukaryotic genomes: From genome size increase to genetic adaptation to stressful environments

(2012) Benoît Chénais et al.   GENE

Endogenous viruses: insights into viral evolution and impact on host biology

(2012) Cédric Feschotte et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Transposable elements domesticated and neofunctionalized by eukaryotic genomes

(2012) Ahmed M. Alzohairy et al.   PLASMID

Ancestral capture of syncytin-Car1, a fusogenic endogenous retroviral envelope gene involved in placentation and conserved in Carnivora

(2012) G. Cornelis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dynamic interactions between transposable elements and their hosts

(2011) Henry L. Levin et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

A syncytin-like endogenous retrovirus envelope gene of the guinea pig specifically expressed in the placenta junctional zone and conserved in Caviomorpha

(2011) C. Vernochet et al.   PLACENTA

A pair of co-opted retroviral envelope syncytin genes is required for formation of the two-layered murine placental syncytiotrophoblast

(2011) A. Dupressoir et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Impacts of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution and KPg Extinction on Mammal Diversification

(2011) R. W. Meredith et al.   SCIENCE

HIV-Envelope–Dependent Cell-Cell Fusion: Quantitative Studies

(2011) Leonor Huerta et al.   TheScientificWorldJOURNAL

Review: Trophoblast-Vascular Cell Interactions in Early Pregnancy: How to Remodel a Vessel

(2010) L.K. Harris   PLACENTA

Retroviral infection in vivo requires an immune escape virulence factor encrypted in the envelope protein of oncoretroviruses

(2010) Géraldine Schlecht-Louf et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Endogenous Viral Elements in Animal Genomes

(2010) Aris Katzourakis et al.   PLoS Genetics

Friendly Viruses

(2009) Mariana Varela et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Trisomy 21- affected placentas highlight prerequisite factors for human trophoblast fusion and differentiation

(2009) Andre Malassine et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Syncytin-2 Plays an Important Role in the Fusion of Human Trophoblast Cells

(2009) Amandine Vargas et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Syncytin-A knockout mice demonstrate the critical role in placentation of a fusogenic, endogenous retrovirus-derived, envelope gene

(2009) A. Dupressoir et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Identification of an endogenous retroviral envelope gene with fusogenic activity and placenta-specific expression in the rabbit: a new "syncytin" in a third order of mammals

(2009) Odile Heidmann et al.   Retrovirology

Effects of Retroviruses on Host Genome Function

(2008) Patric Jern et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Endogenous retroviruses

(2008) C. Stocking et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Early patterning of the chorion leads to the trilaminar trophoblast cell structure in the placental labyrinth

(2008) D. G. Simmons et al.   DEVELOPMENT

A placenta-specific receptor for the fusogenic, endogenous retrovirus-derived, human syncytin-2

(2008) C. Esnault et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA